> Allowing alternative app stores and browsers is likely to lead to more security issues
This is a false argument because even the first party offerings have security and privacy issues. Apple has redefined what "privacy" and "security" means to imply "only things we make" as a sort of selling point. Yes, they make OK things, but who is to say someone can't make something better? Cooler? Funkier?
Also, what happens when the entire planet is vulnerable to the same flaws? It's rhetorical - you get security companies offering services to unlock and decrypt devices for anyone willing to pay them. And what happens when Apple decides to say... remove XX category of apps by a government request? You end up with people owning very expensive slabs of glass and titanium because they weren't allowed to look for apps elsewhere. Apple's way is not the way.
Yes, they do. And allowing third party app stores and browsers only leads to more security and privacy issues.
No one is saying that Apple apps don't have issues. The point is that allowing more entities to make and run these apps on iOs will just make it worse. And having security issues in app store or in a browser is a far more problematic thing than a security issue in a random app. Especially if the app store or browser is run by someone that is not Apple.
This is a false argument because even the first party offerings have security and privacy issues. Apple has redefined what "privacy" and "security" means to imply "only things we make" as a sort of selling point. Yes, they make OK things, but who is to say someone can't make something better? Cooler? Funkier?
Also, what happens when the entire planet is vulnerable to the same flaws? It's rhetorical - you get security companies offering services to unlock and decrypt devices for anyone willing to pay them. And what happens when Apple decides to say... remove XX category of apps by a government request? You end up with people owning very expensive slabs of glass and titanium because they weren't allowed to look for apps elsewhere. Apple's way is not the way.